The differences between /s/ and /ʃ/ in English | Consonant Sounds | IPA

Added: 2026-05-12

[00:00:00]Hi, this is Mary from VIPS TV. Today we are going to distinguish the differences between and sh sound. For s sound, your tongue is flat.

[00:00:14]And now look at my lips.

[00:00:17]s s So, flat shape, right?

[00:00:22]>> [snorts] >> For sh sound, you have to curve your tongue a little bit and the tip of your tongue is under your upper teeth. sh Okay?

[00:00:36]And the shape of your lips sh sh So, round shape, right? Again, s s and this one sh sh Now, let's look at the examples. We have many minimal pairs. Now, the first one s see s see This one sh she sh she this s so s so And this one sh sh show sh show ha, curve your tongue and this one s seat [snorts] s seat this sh sh [sighs] sheet sh sheet long e, huh? And this s sell s sell And this one sh shell sh shell, huh?

[00:01:48]sell shell this s s s sock s sock And this sh sh shock.

[00:02:01]shock.

[00:02:03]This one >> [snorts] >> sip. sip. I'm sorry. This is long a short e, sip. And this one ship.

[00:02:14]ship.

[00:02:16]This sort. sort. This is long o, sort. And this sh sh sh short. short.

[00:02:29]This sign. [sighs] sign. And this shine.

[00:02:39]shine. Sunshine, huh? This one sore.

[00:02:46]sore.

[00:02:48]sore. And this sh sh sh shore. shore.

[00:02:55]This one This is s ending, huh? Mass.

[00:03:03]Mass.

[00:03:04]And this one m mash.

[00:03:08]Mash. So, mass. And this mash, huh? One more time, see she.

[00:03:19]so show.

[00:03:23]seat sheet sell shell sock shock sip ship [snorts] sort short sign shine [snorts] sore shore mass mash Now continue with s sound, we can see some syllables here. Just remember that c e c i c y usually they are pronounced s for c, huh.

[00:04:09]So, now s sun sun this c c or I see you is the same. This one kiss kiss s kiss this miss miss I miss you, huh.

[00:04:28]>> [snorts] >> This one c e s center center or center for American English. This one sir call circle circle This one cycle cycle cycle cycle just like ride a bike.

[00:04:47]And this um introduce introduce This one place. So, remember if a word ends with c e c e is usually pronounced s, huh. [snorts] nice nice to meet you place good place right it's a good place. So, again sun c kiss miss center circle cycle introduce place nice Okay, for sh sound.

[00:05:28]Now, fashion fashion Usually s h we pronounce sh Here, this kind of special, right? Here, but we pronounce sh and for in some situation c h is pronounced sh machine or chic, right?

[00:05:49]And t i o n is usually pronounced shun or maybe s i o n too.

[00:05:58]Uh here. Okay, so now fashion.

[00:06:02]fashion finish finish English English sugar sugar machine machine va cation vacation, just like holiday. Mission Mission Mission Impossible, just like your duty or your responsibility, huh?

[00:06:30]fish fish I like fish.

[00:06:34]shirt shirt I'm wearing a polo shirt and this one shoe shoe One more time, fashion.

[00:06:45]finish English sugar machine vacation mission fish shirt shoe Now, let's look at the examples here.

[00:07:01]We cycle around the city center.

[00:07:08]cycle uh city center We cycle around the city center. So, pay attention to uh here c i c e and c y, huh? C here is pronounced s.

[00:07:26]Number two, I watched fashion shows on my vacation.

[00:07:34]fashion shows vacations I watched fashion shows on my vacation.

[00:07:43]Three, please uh introduce yourself in English.

[00:07:50]Please introduce yourself English.

[00:07:56]Please introduce yourself in English.

[00:07:59]Okay, so that's our goodbye. See you.